Annals of the classis of Bergen, of the Reformed Dutch church, and of the churches under its care: including, the civil history of the ancient township of Bergen, in New Jersey . ging parties of the enemy, andthen, in turn, by similar parties of the American for-ces, under orders from General Washington, and ontheir return to their homes, after the British evacuatedNew York, finding fences destroyed, cattle driven off,dwellings disfigured and sadly injured, and themselvescompelled to begin the world anew, that they shouldhave exhibited such recuperative energy, that in acomparatively brief sea
Annals of the classis of Bergen, of the Reformed Dutch church, and of the churches under its care: including, the civil history of the ancient township of Bergen, in New Jersey . ging parties of the enemy, andthen, in turn, by similar parties of the American for-ces, under orders from General Washington, and ontheir return to their homes, after the British evacuatedNew York, finding fences destroyed, cattle driven off,dwellings disfigured and sadly injured, and themselvescompelled to begin the world anew, that they shouldhave exhibited such recuperative energy, that in acomparatively brief season, their gardens and landswere once more clad with verdure and bloom, and re-paying them for their toil and discomforts. We have heretofore referred to the erection of thecounty of Hudson, in A. D,, 1840. We revert to it,for the purpose of presenting the interesting facts ad-verted to by the Hon. Joseph C. Hornblower, at thetime Chief Justice of the State of New Jersey, inhis address, on the occasion of the opening of the(/ourt House, erected during 1844-5, for the firsttime for the transaction of business, in which hesuccinctly exhibits the real character of the people. THE HISTORY OF BEEGEN. 81 of Bergen, wHle at the same time, the action had onthat occasion deserves a permanent record. It is proper, however, first to state, that efforts weremade to secure the location of the pnbhc buildings inJersey City. And that, for a time, the Court Termswere held in the Lyceum Building, in Jersey City, andsubsequently in an apartment of the old hotel inXorth Bergen, (now Hudson), at the junction of the[N^ewark Turnpike and Hoboken Road. On the com-pletion of the Comt House, the public authorities ofthe County, the Chief Justice of the State, and theAssociate Judges participated in the exercises of theoccasion, on the 11th of March, A. D., 1815, so hap-pily affording opportunity for the venerable and longhighly honored Chief Justice to address the citizens,in his wonted, lucid, forcefu
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